macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install mpdscribblelocal Homebrew formula metadata
brew
Install mpdscribble with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, Nix, pacman
Last.fm reporting client for mpd. Version 0.26 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-27.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add mpdscribbleAlpine Linux edge package indexes · mpdscribble · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install mpdscribbleDebian stable package indexes · mpdscribble · source: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install mpdscribbleFedora Rawhide package metadata · mpdscribble · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#mpdscribblenixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/mp/mpdscribble/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S mpdscribbleArch Linux sync databases · mpdscribble · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
overview
Package summary
Last.fm reporting client for mpd
Project links
Commands and aliases
- mpdscribble
history
Project history and usage
mpdscribble is the Music Player Daemon project's scrobbling client for MPD. Its job is to observe tracks played through MPD and submit them to a scrobbler such as Last.fm, the service descended from Audioscrobbler. The project page describes it as a C++ client with low memory and CPU use, full support for MPD's idle mode, support for the Last.fm 1.2 protocol including now-playing updates, and handling for seeking, crossfading, and repeated songs.
Project history
Within the MPD ecosystem, mpdscribble fills the background-accounting niche: MPD remains responsible for playback, mpc and other clients control playback, and mpdscribble reports listening history. Its README shows the operational shape: build against libmpdclient, libcurl, libgcrypt, Meson, and Ninja, then configure account details in a per-user or system mpdscribble.conf file. With MPD 0.17 or later, it can also receive rating/love messages over MPD's client-to-client protocol before submitting the played track.
How it is used
Packaged as mpdscribble across Homebrew and Linux distributions, it is one of the canonical MPD companion daemons rather than a general-purpose Last.fm client.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: orange
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. formula declares a Homebrew service.
Risk classifier
orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure
Why
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
- formula declares a Homebrew service
Signals
- metadata:service
- text:client
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Formula metadata declares a service or daemon block.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 3 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 3 build dependencies.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
~/.mpdscribble/mpdscribble.conf/etc/mpdscribble.conf
Credential files
Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.
- Unix
~/.mpdscribble/mpdscribble.conf/etc/mpdscribble.conf
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
mpdscribble | cli | global executable |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-07-08
manager version0.26
manager updated2026-06-27
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://www.musicpd.org/clients/mpdscribble/
- infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://www.musicpd.org/clients/mpdscribble/none confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:mpdscribble |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.26 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mpdscribble |
| Homepage | https://www.musicpd.org/clients/mpdscribble/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/MusicPlayerDaemon/mpdscribble |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/MusicPlayerDaemon/mpdscribble#readme |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Source archive | https://www.musicpd.org/download/mpdscribble/0.26/mpdscribble-0.26.tar.xz |
| Last updated | 2026-06-27T07:44:24Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | fmt, libgcrypt, libmpdclient |
| Build dependencies | meson, ninja, pkgconf |
| Uses from macOS | curl |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | declared |
| Caveats | The configuration file has been placed in $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/etc/mpdscribble.conf. |
registry facts
Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | mpdscribble |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Debian apt95%
mpdscribble 0.25-2
Last.fm reporting client for mpd
https://www.musicpd.org/clients/mpdscribble/
sudo apt install mpdscribble- Section: sound
- Architecture: amd64
- 11 dependencies
- 1 provides
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mpdscribble
Nix95%
mpdscribble
nix profile install nixpkgs#mpdscribble- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mpdscribble
Ubuntu apt95%
mpdscribble 0.25-2build2
Last.fm reporting client for mpd
https://www.musicpd.org/clients/mpdscribble/
sudo apt install mpdscribble- Section: universe/sound
- Architecture: amd64
- 11 dependencies
- 1 provides
- 1 optional deps
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mpdscribble
apk95%
mpdscribble 0.25-r2
last.fm client for mpd
https://github.com/MusicPlayerDaemon/mpdscribble
sudo apk add mpdscribble- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: mpdscribble
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mpdscribble
apk95%
mpdscribble-doc 0.25-r2
last.fm client for mpd (documentation)
https://github.com/MusicPlayerDaemon/mpdscribble
sudo apk add mpdscribble-doc- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: mpdscribble
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mpdscribble
apk95%
mpdscribble-openrc 0.25-r2
last.fm client for mpd (OpenRC init scripts)
https://github.com/MusicPlayerDaemon/mpdscribble
sudo apk add mpdscribble-openrc- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: mpdscribble
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mpdscribble
dnf95%
mpdscribble 0.25-8.fc44
A mpd client which submits information about tracks being played to Last.fm
https://www.musicpd.org/clients/mpdscribble/
sudo dnf install mpdscribble- License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND BSD-2-Clause
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: mpdscribble
- 11 dependencies
- 4 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mpdscribble
pacman95%
mpdscribble 0.25-2
MPD client which submits track info to {Libre,Last}.fm
https://www.musicpd.org/clients/mpdscribble/
sudo pacman -S mpdscribble- License: GPL
- Architecture: x86_64
- 2 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Mpdscribble
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- av.db category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- package relationship graph
- package version freshness
- package-page enrichment